Pat Harrison

Pat Harrison (29 August 1881-22 June 1941) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MS 6) from 4 March 1911 to 4 March 1919, succeeding Eaton J. Bowers and preceding Paul B. Johnson Sr., and a US Senator from 4 March 1919 to 22 June 1941, succeeding James K. Vardaman and preceding James Eastland.

Biography
Pat Harrison was born in Crystal Springs, Mississippi in 1881, the son of a Confederate American Civil War veteran who died when Pat was four years old. Harrison opened a law practice in 1902 and worked as a district attorney until his election to the US House of Representatives in 1910, serving from 1911 to 1919; Harrison then served in the US Senate from 1919 until his death in 1941. He was a strong supporter of Woodrow Wilson, and he was a liberal Democratic Party member. A brilliant orator, he served in the Senate until his death in 1941.